Monday, September 26, 2011

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MAKSWIP CHESS BULETIN

I had almost finished keying the games available from the scoresheets of the recent MAKSWIP 2011 Chess tournament which had been championed by the reigning champion since my first participation in the year 2000 - DBKL.

I also produced the games of chess MAKSWIP 2009 and 2010 in another series of buletin (the games 2009 and 2010 were not fully recorded by the players as the recording was not compulsory)

Saturday, September 03, 2011

It had been quite some time for me not to update my blog. I wish Ramadhan almubarak and Salam Eidul Fitri Selamat Hari Raya Maaf Zahir Batin to all muslims and chess friends, readers.

THE STORY BEHIND THE SCENE - KL'S VICTORY IN CATUR MAKSAK 2011

After defeating Selangor 4-0 in the 1st round of the winners' pool group, we had a bye as we were scheduled to meet the PDRM which we had met in the preliminary group stage. I had the feeling that, if Shamsudin is fielded against Nor Azmi, he is unlikely able to cope the tricky Nor Azmi's, while NM Kamalarifin 's tendency to draw with Hashim may bring us into an uncomfortable situation. In this cae I must face the positional player Abd Rahim Ramli which I had a very good record ( From 3 meetings: 2 won and we drew in our last encounted at Kuching 2003). Therefore, in this situation Rizal Jusah or Hairul had to face Indera Syahrin who seemed to be the key factor to determine whether KL or Terengganu would win in this encounter. That's not a good strategy or at least a convincing one.

Therefore I proposed to the manager Hassan and coach Mr Abd Latif Sifu, to field Kamal who may able to hold Nor Azmi without much trouble and myself to face Hashim. I myself do not claim that I have the better chance against my opponent, but I think the element of surprise may play its role. The chances maybe 50-50 but unlike the 50-50 as in the clash between Kamal and Hashim ever took place. Rizal Jusah, I predict, he should be able to withstand Abd Rahim Ramli's Sicilian closed as I had the chance to help him doing his last minute preparation. Furthermore, Rizal Jusah must have a good confident in himself at least for the start as during his encounter with the same player in the last year's MAKSAK, he almost 'caught' Abd Rahim but slipped his chance. Lastly, Hairulov's experience maybe useful to stop the new star Indera Syahrin.

It turned out that only my board brought up a point (for KL) while the other boards ended up with fighting draws. Therefore our strategy had worked.